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Monthly updates for August 2022

Aug 31

Public preview: Node.js 18 in Azure Functions

IN PREVIEW

You can now use the latest features in Node.js 18 with Azure Functions.

  • Features
Aug 31

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late August 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late August 2022

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Aug 31

Public preview: App Configuration references for App Service and Azure Functions

IN PREVIEW

App Service and Azure Functions now support referencing key-values from Azure App Configuration.

  • App Service
  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Aug 31

Public preview: Azure Storage Explorer support for Azure App Configuration resources

IN PREVIEW

Work with your App Configuration resources in Storage Explorer on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • Features
Aug 31

Public preview: Enterprise VMware Cloud Director Service for Azure VMware Solution

IN PREVIEW

VMware Cloud Director Service on Azure VMware Solutions allows you to self-service provision and manage multiple virtual datacenters through multi-tenancy in your Azure VMware Solutions private clouds, reducing time and complexity.

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
Aug 30

Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2022

Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure

  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Arc enabled servers
  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 30

Public preview: Ephemeral OS disks supports host-based encryption using customer managed key

IN PREVIEW

Create Ephemeral VMs with customer managed key encryption types for host-based encryption.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Managed Disks
  • Features
Aug 22

Public preview: Four new features in no code editor in Event Hubs

IN PREVIEW

Explore four new features in the no code editor in Azure Event Hubs. This editor allows you to easily develop a Stream Analytics job without writing a single line of code.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: Microsoft Azure Load Testing supports private endpoints testing

IN PREVIEW

With Azure Load Testing, you can now run load tests against private endpoints - endpoints deployed in a virtual network, public endpoints with access restrictions (restricting client IP addresses, etc.)

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 17

Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for August 2022

IN PREVIEW

New features now available in public preview include AutoML Code Generation enhancements and AutoML in Pipelines.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: Backup database with S3-compatible storage for Arc-enabled SQL MI

IN PREVIEW

Use S3-compatible object storage as a backup and restore destination.

  • Azure Arc enabled data services
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: App Configuration geo replication support

IN PREVIEW

Standard tier subscribers can synchronize any updates from the configuration store to replicas in other Azure regions.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: Use managed identity-based authentication to enable Azure Monitor container insights

IN PREVIEW

Announcing public preview for enabling container insights with managed identity authentication.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: Azure Monitor basic logs, archive, restore and search jobs

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor Logs is in public preview in four new regions: US Virgina Gov, US Arizona Gov, China East 3, and China North 3.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: AKS DevX extension for Visual Studio Code

IN PREVIEW

Easily create Dockerfiles, deployment files, and GitHub Actions through Visual Studio Code using the AKS DevX extension.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: Blob CSI support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now use built in storage classes for NFS and BlobFuse to provision new persistent volumes backed by Azure Blob storage.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: Automated deployments in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now hook up a GitHub Action to your Kubernetes application and deploy it to AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Aug 15

Public preview: Microsoft Dev Box

IN PREVIEW

Self-service, high-performance workstations in the cloud that are preconfigured and ready-to-code for developers’ projects and tasks.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Visual Studio
  • Services
Aug 8

Public preview: Update management center in Azure

IN PREVIEW

Update management center is the next iteration of the Azure Automation Update Management solution. It works out of the box, with zero onboarding steps and has no dependency on Azure Automation and Log Analytics.

  • Management
Aug 8

Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks

IN PREVIEW

Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads without waiting for clusters to start up or scale out.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

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